With the counsel of a graduate advisor, students are expected to design individualized academic programs.
Programs will incorporate courses taken in each of the three areas listed above. The course selection may
include a minor in an area outside industrial engineering. The master's level program consists of two options: (1) a
30-hour thesis option, including 6 credit hours of thesis research, and (2) a 36-hour nonthesis option. Details
regarding admission and degree requirements are available from the department.

Courses in Industrial Engineering. (IE)

5301. Ergonomics and Design (3:2:3). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Functional anatomy and physiology of the
musculoskeletal system and their applications in work design. Introduction to work physiology, kinesiology, and anthropometry and their applications.

5303. Work Physiology (3:2:3). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and muscular responses
to work, including energy costs of work endurance, fatigue, physical work capacity, and physiological modeling.

5304. Occupational Biomechanics (3:2:3).
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Historical development and theoretical
fundamentals of body mechanics. The body link system and kinematic and kinetic aspects of body movement. Applications to work systems.

5305. Cognitive Engineering (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Implications of human perceptual, cognitive, and
psycho-motor capabilities for the design of systems for effective human use and control.

5307. Loss Assessment and Control (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: IE 4363 or IE 5306 or consent of instructor. Advanced topics in
worker safety and health; hazard recognition and analysis; system safety techniques and applications; loss assessment and control.

5309. Human Factors in Engineering and Design (3:3:0).
Introduction to human factors issues in the design of
human-machine systems. Design of workstations, controls, and displays, human-computer interfaces, and the environment in industrial systems.

5312. Queueing Theory (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Modeling and analysis of simple and complex service systems.
Includes single and multiple server Markov queues, queues with general arrival processes and service times, bulk and batch
queues, priority queues, and queueing networks.

5323. The Engineering Management Environment (3:3:0).
Management of research and development; the legal, financial,
and professional interrelationships of the engineers and their environment in relation to the modern production organization.

5354. Computer Control in Manufacturing (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Theory and application of computer
control of machines and processes used in manufacturing systems. Relevant issues on the analysis, design, and implementation of
computer controlled systems.